Fix this bug and restore my points

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Avatar of the_chess_zebra

A 10-minute game with Julioadrian11.  He moves really slow.  I have him boxed after he castles and wait 3 minutes for him to move.  I refreshed the screen twice to make sure there was no lag.  It takes awhile to refresh the screen.  He finally moves and then I move.  And this message comes up: GAME ABANDONED.  JULIOADRIAN11 WINS.

This is really B.S.  My clock shows 51 seconds, I check my high speed connection, it says I'm connected, I open a new tab by clicking on my name just to make sure I'm really connected.

Yes, all good.  So this is either a hack or your chess software has yet ANOTHER bug.  I did not abandon the game, I had time left on the clock, and it only takes a couple seconds for me to refresh the screen, so there is no way I got kicked because I was disconnected for 1 whole minute.

I want my points restored. 

Avatar of Martin_Stahl

It is very possible you were disconnected after your opponent sent his move to the server and before your client finally got it. I believe your clock on the server starts after receiving the move from your opponent; I don't think it waits for an acknowledgement from your end and waits to see your move to determine if lag adjustments might be needed.

 

Looking at the game times, white took 2:40 for move 16, 38.8 seconds for move 17 and only  2.2 seconds for move 18. So it does appear that you really got disconnected from the Live server back-end (which is different than the regular web servers as far as I'm aware).


Since you mention 3 minutes, it does look like you were not fully connected during that time and not being connected for 3 minutes in that time control will cause the game to end by abandonment.

 

Are you playing on v2 or v3? I assume v2 but wanted to check.

Also, there is probably a bug since the client should have seen that you were really disconnected. You probably should open a ticket. That said, if you are on v2, the solution will likely be for you to switch to v3.

 

 

Avatar of cashcow8

the_chess_zebra is 2 pieces behind in the final position and his attack is going nowhere. White (his opponent) has a won game...

 

Avatar of Former_mod_david

The Support team will sometimes adjust ratings if the feel it's merited - they can be contacted via Help -> Contact at the bottom of pages in V3, or Help -> Ask a Question -> Contact in the V3 menu, or Help & Support -> Contact Us in V2, or https://support.chess.com/customer/portal/emails/new as a direct link

Avatar of the_chess_zebra

My PC is on a very fast broadband connection and I don't have this problem with any other website.  And now... there is another refresh problem-  See my other post TODAY. 

 

Avatar of the_chess_zebra

Cashcow, go sit on it.